Polish military figure Tadeusz Buk

Tadeusz Buk (15 December 1960 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish military figure. He received numerous military and civil awards, including the Order of Polonia Res*uta.

Buk was born at Mójcza. He served as commander of the Polish Land Forces until his death in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash near Smolensk.

Contents

• 1 Education
• 2 Military service
• 3 Awards and decorations
  • 3.1 Military promotions
• 4 References

Education

Buk graduated from Juliusz Słowacki high school in Kielce. In 1984 he graduated from the Academy of Armed Forces Officers in Poznań.

Military service

• In 1984, he joined the 29th Medium Tank Regiment in Żagań and served in this unit until 1991.
• In 1991 he enrolled at the Faculty of Land Forces of the National Defence Academy in Warsaw.
• Between 1993 and 1995 he served, inter alia, in the 18th Battalion Airborne *ault and 6 Air *ault Brigade.
• From 1995 to 1998, he served in the 25th Air Cavalry Brigade in Tomaszów Mazowiecki.
• In 1999, after completing the annual post-graduate command post in the USA, he was appointed deputy commander of his unit.
• From 2002 to 2005 he served as commander of the 34th Armoured Cavalry Brigade in Zagan.
• In 2004 and 2005 he was deputy commander of Multinational Division Central-South in Iraq.
• Between 2005 and 2006 he was deputy director of the NATO Joint Force Training Centre in Bydgoszcz.
• From 2006 to 2007 he was Deputy Commanding General of the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan.
• On 15 June 2007, Buk was appointed commander of 1st Mechanised Division of Warsaw.
• On 25 July 2007, he took command of the IX amendment NEC and Multinational Division Center-South in Iraq
• On 15 September 2009 he was appointed by President Lech Kaczynski to commander of the Army.
• On 10 April 2010, he died in the presidential plane crash near Smolensk.

Awards and decorations

• Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Res*uta (2010, posthumously)
• Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Res*uta (2005)
• Commander's Cross of the Order of the Military Cross (2008)
• Silver Cross of Merit
• Bronze Cross of Merit
• Iraq Star
• Silver Medal in the Service of the Armed Forces of the Fatherland
• Silver Medal of Merit for National Defense
• Legion of Merit, Commander Degree (2008)
• Commemorative medal of the Multinational Division Central-South
• Badge of Merit for the Polish Veterans' *ociation and Former Political Prisoners (2008)

Military promotions

• 15 August 2004: promoted to the rank of brigadier general.
• 10 July 2007: promoted to the rank of major general.

References